Document Type : Research Paper
Author
Associate Professor of Psychology, Payame Noor University
Abstract
Aims: This study investigated the prevalence of academic procrastination among male and female students of Ahwaz Payame Noor University in the first semester of 1387 – 1388 academic year. Method: From among the 1200 students, 155 boys and 1045 girls were selected randomly as the subjects of the study. To collect the data, a questionnaire made by the researcher which consisted of 14 questions was used. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. Results and conclusion: The results indicated that the rate of academic procrastination is 17.2 among the Payam-Noor students of Ahvaz. Moreover, the rate of academic procrastination among male students, was 17.8 which was more than the female students, 17.03; however, the difference was not significant.
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